The burning ghat, Benares
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 480
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 223
Date made
1930
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
21.4 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
28.6 x 43.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; Published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Burning Ghat'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'.
Subject description
Cremation ceremony on the burning ghat [steps leading down to the water], Benares (Varanasi), India.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42332
Accession number
76.1205
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013